Member with an interest in "The Aviary", FOIA documentation and other issues

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While my knowledge of the Aviary is that of the readings and excerpts Ive been researching over the past couple hours since your arrival, i would like to play devils advocate. Majestic 12 and the aviary are terms and plans used decades ago. and a completely different time. And probly nothing more will be learned due to less accountablilty during that era. info was a lot harder to spread and a lot easier to destroy, unlike this era. Are you aware of anything going on currently that could compare?

If you must argue, remember that it is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

As part of my due diligence for getting ready to ask Rick Doty a few questions, I've been looking at early (1980s) public references to Richard C Doty in relation to UFOs (and/or relevant documents/incidents).

In case it helps others, here is my current draft list of those 1980s public sources [with a few later sources briefly noted, which I'll include as part of a separate list of sources relating to the 1990s onwards when I get the time].

Below the list of early references, I'll paste my current list of references to discussion of Rick Doty in various UFO books.

(1) 1981 October – MUFON Journal – Article by Larry Bryant on hoaxes includes discussion of “the Ellsworth Hocument) (page 16). The article refers to the hoaxer as a “he” and states “Perhaps some day he’ll tell all … In the meantime, all we can do is savor the meat, juice and spice of his gem of a put-on”. The article concludes by noting that the ultimate value of the hoax may lie in its contribution “to the sociology/psychology of the hoax phenomenon …”.

"Please join Linda and I on Thur Nov 16th as our guest will be Richard Doty, a retired Special Agent who worked for AFOSI, Agent Doty will go into how he was able to review the OSI report on Rendlesham in 1984. One of the things he will talk about is the OSI involvement in the incident as it took place on the first night."

No. Doty is rather active on my Facebook page at the moment, so I plan on asking him questions there or by email. We have some contacts in common. I'm holding back asking many questions until I've re-read my notes and checked some things out.